Stock water heater



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FLOYD J'. NILFFENEGGER, OF NEAR KALONA, IOWA.

STOCK WATER HEATER.

Application filed .Tune 15, 1923. Serial No. 645,629.

To all whom t maf/y concern:

Be it known that I, FLOYD J. NIFFENEG- GER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resif dent of near Kalona, in the county of Johnson andState of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStock Water Heaters, of which the Vfollowing is a specification. p

An important purpose of the present invention is to provide a drinkingtrough combined with a water heater embodying a combustion chamber andwall portions intervening between the said chamber and the bottom of thetrough to shield the latter from direct contact with the flames wherebyTthe life of the trough is considerably prolonged.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide float controlled meansregulating the supply of vwater to the trough and including a feed pipeextending through the body of the heater so as to be exposed to theheated gases generated therein.

Other purposes and advantages of the invention, not specifically statedin the foregoing, will become apparent from the following detaileddescription and accompanying drawings.y v

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a water tank and heaterconstructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through theconstruction shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 represents a rectangularfurnace or heat-er casing closed at the'top, bottom, sidesl and ends andprovided interiorly with upper and lower plates 6 and 7 extendingrearwardly from the front casing wall 8 to a point spaced from the rearwall 9. The upper plate 6 constitutes a baiiie extending in spacedparallelism with the top casing wall 10 and, at a point directly abovethe forward end of the plate, the said top wall 10 is provided with asmoke outlet collar 11 receiving thereon the lower end of a smoke pipe12. The lower plate 7 which extends in spaced parallelism with thebottom casing wall 13 carries a suitable grate 14 and terminates in avertically extending wall 15 which serves to prevent the ashes frombeing pushed oify of the rear end of the grate onto the bottom `of thecasing and alsol acts as a deflector for directing the products ofcombustion'toward the top wall 10, it being understood that the plates6v and 7 extend to form a combustionl chamber y16,-into.

which the fuely is deposited through aV feed t i opening 17 formed inthe front'casingwall S. Thesaid front wall 8 is also'provided the latteropening being utilized for removing the soot accumulating on the uppersurface of the said bafiie.

In accordance with myvinvention, the top l wall of the casing 5 isutilizedto support thereon a rectangular drinking ltrough 20 which isopen at the top and is provided with an arrangement of longitudinal and`transverse wires 21, affording individual drinking openings 22, each ofwhich is of sufficient size to permit the headof-a single animal toextend therethrough.

-Water is supplied to the trough 20 through a feed pipe 23` extendingupwardly through ythe bottom and top walls of the casing 5 and throughthe bottom wall of the trough 20, the upper end of said pipe beingequipped with any suitable type of valve controlled by a float 24, insuch manner as to keep-the water in the tank l20 at a substantiallyconstant level.

In the use of the device, the fuel is introduced into the combustionchamber 16 through the feed opening 17 and the products of combustionissuing from the said chamber 16 are directed by the vertical wall 15into contact'with the top casing wall 10 to pass forwardly between thelower surface Preferably the trough`20 is made to eX-. tend the fullwidth of the Casing, but is 60 the full width of the casing andcooperate with the side and front walls of the latter somewhat shorterthan the said casing so as to eXtend from the rear wall 9 to a point inspaced relation to the front wall 8, thereby leaving the forward portionof the top wall 10 exposed to provide for the connection of the smokepipe 12 to the outlet collar 11. l.Vith this arrangement, the casing 5,instead of being mounted on the surface ot the ground as shown in thepresent illustration may be placed in a shallow pit or ditch so that thetop wall of the easing will be level with the ground surface and, insuch event,

the clearance reserved between the forward end of the trough Q0 and thesmoke pipe 12 will enable a tence to be built around the latter toprevent the animals from displacing the saidpipe when crowding aroundthe water tank.

It; has been found in practice that the use of a single bathe 6,positioned as shown between,the grate 14 and the top wall ot' the casing5 provides for an improved and desired circulation of the products ofcombustion issuing from the chamber 16.

Having thus fully disclosed what I now consider to be the preferredembodiment ot my invention, I reserve the right to resort vto suchchanges inthe detail construction and relative arrangement of parts asmay later prove desirable, providing, of course, that the contemplatedchanges come within the scope of the appended claims and do notconstitute a departure `from the spirit ot' the invention delinedthereby.

What I claim is:

1. A device of-the character described comprising a drinking trough openat the top, a heater including a casing positioned with its top wallunderlying and supportinv the bottom wall of the trough, upper and lowerplates extending rearwardly from the iront wall of the casing anddefining an intervening combustion chamber, said upper plate beingspaced from the top wall of the casing to provide a return flue leadingforwardly to an outlet formed in the top wall ot the casing at a pointadjacent the front wall thereof, said lower plate being equipped to forma grate and being spaced from the bottom wall of the casing to providean intervening draft passage and a smoke pipe connected with theaforementioned outlet.

2. 1n a device of the character described, the combination of a drinkingtrough open at the top, a heater comprising a casing including a topwall underlying and supporting the bottom wall of the drinking trough,upper and lower plates extending rearwardly from the front wall of thecasing and defining an intervening combustion. chamber, said upper platebeing spaced from the top and rear walls of the casing to provide areturn iue extending forwardly to an outlet formed in the top wall ofthe casing atthe front end thereof, said lower plate being equipped toform a grate and being spaced :trom the bottom wall of the casing toprovide an intervening draft passage and a vertical wall jiormed at therear end of said lower plate to provide a guard preventing 'ashespassing over the rear end of the grate and on to the bottom wall of thecasing.y

1n testimony whereof l hereunto atlix my signature.

FLOYD J. NIFFENEGGER.

